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作者：Chen, Heng; Ryan, Jennifer K.
作者单位：University of Nebraska System; University of Nebraska Lincoln
摘要：Hops are the flowers of a specialty crop that provide unique flavors to craft beer. We study a multi-year crop planning problem for a farmer who seeks to add hops production to the current production of a conventional crop. The farmer must dynamically determine the number of acres to allocate to each crop and design the terms of the forward contract under which brewers purchase the hops, considering the uncertainty of weather conditions, hops yield, hops spot market price, and conventional cro...
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作者：Agca, Senay; Birge, John R.; Wang, Zi'ang; Wu, Jing
作者单位：George Washington University; University of Chicago; Hong Kong Polytechnic University; University of Wollongong; Chinese University of Hong Kong
摘要：While global supply chains provide firms with a buffer against local shocks, they expose firms to multiregional risks. The COVID-19 pandemic and its differential impact on different regions in the world offer an opportunity to explore these effects. We investigate the multiregional supply chain risk by focusing on credit risk measured by abnormal credit default swaps (CDS) spreads and US-China supply chain networks. Our evidence shows that local risks propagate through global supply chains to ...
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作者：Blanchard, Simon J.; Noseworthy, Theodore J.; Pancer, Ethan; Poole, Maxwell
作者单位：Georgetown University; York University - Canada; Saint Marys University - Canada; Georgetown University
摘要：Researchers have increasingly turned to crowdfunding platforms to gain insights into entrepreneurial activity and dynamics. While previous studies have explored various factors influencing crowdfunding success, such as technology, communication, and marketing strategies, the role of visual elements that can be automatically extracted from images has received less attention. This is surprising, considering that crowdfunding platforms emphasize the importance of attention-grabbing and high-resol...
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作者：Liang, Yanjie; Liu, Weihua; Li, Kevin W.; Dong, Chuanwen; Lim, Ming K.
作者单位：Tianjin University; University of Windsor; heSam Universite; ESCP Business School; University of Glasgow
摘要：Large-scale platforms (LSPs) with valuation and awareness advantages have enabled competing small-scale platforms (SSPs) to be embedded in their platforms. This compatibility strategy creates a new channel, that is, the compatible channel, through which customers can purchase services from SSPs via the LSPs. Additionally, numerous platforms have been introducing add-on services to enhance their profitability. In this study, we develop stylized game models to characterize the interaction betwee...
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作者：Ye, Yuxiao; Jiang, Shenyang; Fan, Di; Huo, Baofeng; Liu, Maggie Wenjing
作者单位：Tianjin University; Tongji University; Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Tsinghua University
摘要：It is important for firms to repurpose production responsively during a crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic, to seize the market opportunity and create social value. However, occupational health and safety (OHS) can also be a concern in a crisis, and adherence to OHS management systems can undermine a firm's responsiveness in repurposing decision making. We adopt the capability-rigidity lens to construct a connection between OHS management standards (i.e., OHSAS 18001) and firms' adaptation r...
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作者：Zheng, Quan; Hu, Honggang; Pan, Xiajun Amy
作者单位：Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Science & Technology of China, CAS; Tongji University; State University System of Florida; University of Florida; Tongji University
摘要：This paper examines the effect of product substitutability on the equilibrium profits in a distribution channel of two symmetric manufacturers selling substitutable products to consumers through a nonexclusive retailer. Conventional wisdom suggests that when the products are more substitutable, the retailer will be better off while the manufacturers will be worse off, owing to the dominance of the competition effect of substitutability. In this work, we identify the hitherto neglected demand e...
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作者：Song, Sining; Dong, Yan; Kull, Thomas; Carter, Craig; Xu, Kefeng
作者单位：University of Tennessee System; University of Tennessee Knoxville; University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia; Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe; University of Texas System; University of Texas at San Antonio; University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia
摘要：Climate change is a major global risk and a key driver for greenhouse gas emissions reduction. Yet, firms' internal emissions reduction may create a leakage leading to higher emissions in the supply chain. The related literature suggests that the pollution-haven hypothesis explains such emissions leakage. In contrast, we explore an alternative reason for supply chain leakage, which is related to optimization of supply chain activities and supply chain innovation. Based on panel data from Bloom...
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作者：Hu, Wenjin; Skowronski, Keith; Dong, Yan; Shou, Yongyi
作者单位：Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain; ETH Zurich; University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia; Zhejiang University
摘要：Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) by first-tier suppliers, referred to as the supply base, are dynamic and drastic changes in supply chain structure and relationships that affect focal firm performance. In particular, the impact of M&As in a supply base depends on the concentration and differentiation of the supply base, which affects power-dependence relationships in the supply chain. This study examines the effect of supply base M&As on focal firms' cost of goods sold (COGS). In addition, this...
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作者：Li, Musen Kingsley; Sodhi, ManMohan S.; Tang, Christopher S.; Yu, Jiayi Joey
作者单位：Shanghai University; City St Georges, University of London; University of California System; University of California Los Angeles; Fudan University
摘要：The chaotic response of the US Strategic National Stockpile to COVID-19 during 2020 highlighted the inadequacy of the inventory-based approaches to disaster response. This paper examines the integration of stockpile inventory, backup capacity, and standby capability to meet the disaster-related surge in demand in the future. We present a two-period model of such an integrated system for consumable items with uncertain demand that follows a general probability distribution. Our model incorporat...
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作者：Wu, Qi; Honhon, Dorothee
作者单位：University System of Ohio; Case Western Reserve University; University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas
摘要：Buy-one-get-one-free (BOGOF), a ubiquitous sales promotion scheme by which consumers get two items for the price of one, encourages consumers to buy and waste food. An alternative promotional scheme is one where consumers receive a coupon for a second item available for free at a later time. Our work is motivated by British supermarkets which, facing criticism from lawmakers for running BOGOF promotions on perishables, started a BOGOF Later campaign with the claim that it would reduce the amou...
